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Meet the Consultants

Michael Allen

  • Strategic Planning & Organizational Development
  • Clinical Quality & Performance Management
  • Transformational Leadership & Team Building
  • Service Line Development, Expansion & Optimization

Kim Bond, MS, LMFT

  • Behavioral Health Treatment In The Public & Community Setting
  • Clinical & Contractual Compliance
  • Clinical Oversight
  • Budget Management

Paul Duck

  • Strategic Planning & Strategy Implementation
  • Growth Strategies & Business Development
  • Integrated Primary Care Models & Clinical Operations
  • Mergers, Acquisitions & Innovative Partnership Development
  • Change Management & Team Building
  • Service Line Assessment & Development
  • Development & Implementation Of Payer & Provider Strategic Alliances
  • Health Plan Outreach & Contracting
  • Strategic Planning & Payer Mix Diversification
  • Organizational Re-Engineering & Operations Management

Lauren Frantz

  • Event Planning & Management
  • Marketing Strategy & Execution
  • Campaign Development
  • Event Content Development & Speaker Coordination

Rick Gutierrez, Ph.D.

  • Business Development Within Developmental Disability Space​
  • Network Management & Development​
  • Leadership Development & Coaching​
  • Strategy Planning & Facilitation​
  • Revenue Cycle Management

Emily Harris

  • Brand Strategy & Revenue Growth
  • Business To Business Marketing & Sales
  • Marketing Data Analytics
  • Service Line Growth
  • Process Development

Sharon Hicks, MBA, MSW

  • Financial Management Of Health & Human Service Organizations – Both Service Provider Systems & Health Plans
  • Health Information Management & Management Of Electronic Medical Recordkeeping Systems
  • Technology Selection & Implementation
  • System Integration Including Computerizing Clinical Workflows

Joseph Naughton-Travers, EdM

  • Development & Implementation Of Payer & Provider Strategic Alliances
  • Organizational Re-Engineering & Operations Management
  • Strategic Planning & Metric-Based Management
  • EHR & Other Technology Selection & Implementation
  • Mergers, Acquisitions & Innovative Partnership Development
  • Service Line Assessment & Development

Erin Palmer

  • Marketing strategy and strategy implementation
  • Event strategy, planning, and management
  • Fundraising planning
  • Marketing communications

Rick Rowley

  • Health care strategy, including technology and analytics strategy, and implementation
  • Mergers and acquisitions – analysis and implementation
  • Revenue cycle management
  • Data engineering, data governance, visualization, and analytics

Rachel Steinmetz

  • Strategic and operations management – strategy, program development, budget management, & social media strategy
  • Technology optimization – EHRs, data analytics, CRM, project management software, AI/automation tools
  • Marketing strategy and strategy implementation – social media, content creation, brand partnerships, advertising campaigns, customer engagement, graphic design, video editing, web design, ROI tracking, event planning
  • Marketing communications – Email campaigns, grant writing, proposal writing, public relations